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Originally Posted by vijayninel

I think thats a bad and impractical idea. The reasons are as follows.

1. There is not enough manpower to check all these mods. The vb.org mods are volunteers and will be unable to devote enough time and energy for checking these mods. This is only feasible if IB appoints paid members to check the mods.

2. The release of the mods will get delayed and lead to frustration among coders/designers. This will make them contribute less. I have seen this happen on numerous forums though not in the same capacity.

3. There is no guarantee that the auditors will be able to spot all the vulnerabilities in the mods.

4. When the mods are updated then those will have to be checked for vulnerabilities as well and this will slow down release of updates.

I understand the cons of having to check the mods before hand, but I think it will be worth while to put the security first. So cases like the recent hackings won''t be repeated in the future or at least it will minimalizie that risk a lot.

This is a standard practice in most well known forums, free and paid alike. Like that the customer here will know for sure that the mods that they will download from here will be safe. At least that is how I see it.